Best museum in New York City

Ranked by the community. Based on 209 votes and counting.

Published Last updated Someone just votedThe Met Cloisters > The Jewish Museum

TOP 3

T
01

The Frick Collection

100% WR15 matches
1618
W
02

Whitney Museum of American Art

1550
67% WR18 matches
T
03

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)

1550
88% WR8 matches

The Ranking

04
N

National Museum of the American Indian

Win Rate: 69%
|Samples: 13
1542
Elo Score
05
A

American Museum of Natural History

Win Rate: 69%
|Samples: 13
1539
Elo Score
06
M

Morgan Library & Museum

Win Rate: 70%
|Samples: 10
1533
Elo Score
07
T

The Met Cloisters

Win Rate: 62%
|Samples: 13
1526
Elo Score
08
M

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

Win Rate: 63%
|Samples: 16
1522
Elo Score
09
T

Tenement Museum

Win Rate: 64%
|Samples: 11
1520
Elo Score
10
R

Rubin Museum of Art

Win Rate: 56%
|Samples: 16
1520
Elo Score
11
M

Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA)

Win Rate: 50%
|Samples: 24
1519
Elo Score
12
N

New Museum

Win Rate: 58%
|Samples: 12
1517
Elo Score
13
S

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Win Rate: 63%
|Samples: 8
1514
Elo Score
14
C

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Win Rate: 57%
|Samples: 14
1508
Elo Score
15
N

Noguchi Museum

Win Rate: 50%
|Samples: 8
1502
Elo Score
16
T

The Bronx Museum of the Arts

Win Rate: 45%
|Samples: 11
1497
Elo Score
17
E

El Museo del Barrio

Win Rate: 45%
|Samples: 22
1495
Elo Score
18
P

Poster House

Win Rate: 45%
|Samples: 11
1491
Elo Score
19
I

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

Win Rate: 44%
|Samples: 9
1490
Elo Score
20
9

9/11 Memorial & Museum

Win Rate: 44%
|Samples: 9
1488
Elo Score
21
M

Museum of Ice Cream

Win Rate: 33%
|Samples: 9
1477
Elo Score
22
M

Museum of the Moving Image

Win Rate: 40%
|Samples: 15
1476
Elo Score
23
M

Museum of Arts and Design (MAD)

Win Rate: 38%
|Samples: 13
1473
Elo Score
24
B

Brooklyn Museum

Win Rate: 40%
|Samples: 15
1470
Elo Score
25
T

The Jewish Museum

Win Rate: 38%
|Samples: 16
1456
Elo Score
26
L

Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art

Win Rate: 33%
|Samples: 18
1455
Elo Score
27
F

Fotografiska New York

Win Rate: 35%
|Samples: 20
1450
Elo Score
28
N

New York Transit Museum

Win Rate: 32%
|Samples: 22
1443
Elo Score
29
Q

Queens Museum

Win Rate: 21%
|Samples: 14
1433
Elo Score
30
M

Museum of Sex

Win Rate: 20%
|Samples: 15
1426
Elo Score

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